Second graders at Shorecrest have spent the year studying the seven continents. For their final continent study on Asia, the used this wiki to record information they learned about the geography, people & culture, economy & government, and history of fifteen different countries. You can view the information they gathered by clicking on the country links to the left.
Project Timeline:
Day 1: Working with partners, students used handheld GPS to locate caches across the school's campus. Inside the caches were flags from 14 countries in Asia. Students then used an online flag site to identify each flag in their cache
Day 2: Each student was assigned to research the geography, people & culture, economy & government, or history of one of the selected countries.
Days 3 & 4: Students were introduced to the concept of a wiki and show how to edit and save to it. They then used their notes to add a paragraph for their research topic to the wiki.
Second graders at Shorecrest have spent the year studying the seven continents. For their final continent study on Asia, the used this wiki to record information they learned about the geography, people & culture, economy & government, and history of fifteen different countries. You can view the information they gathered by clicking on the country links to the left.
Project Timeline:
Day 1: Working with partners, students used handheld GPS to locate caches across the school's campus. Inside the caches were flags from 14 countries in Asia. Students then used an online flag site to identify each flag in their cache
Asia Cache - 2nd Grade April 2009 from Anna Baralt on Vimeo.
Day 2: Each student was assigned to research the geography, people & culture, economy & government, or history of one of the selected countries.
Days 3 & 4: Students were introduced to the concept of a wiki and show how to edit and save to it. They then used their notes to add a paragraph for their research topic to the wiki.